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This picture provides a frontal view of the new St. Peter Canisius statue before it was placed in the Canisius College Quad during a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 11. Dining hall incident raises concerns about food preparation An irregular event occured during dinner in the Peter Gust Economeu Dining Hall on Monday, Jan. 22. Sophomore Sue Matikosh discovered a worn bandage embedded in the frosting of her chocolate dessert. According to Matikosh and other witnesses, the bandage appeared to be prev i o u s 1 y - wrapped around someone's finger. Matikosh and nine " other onlookers were startled at the sight of the frosted bandage. "I was pretty disgusted," said Matikosh "I don't want that ever to happen to me again." When Matikosh approached dining services director Tom Spanos, Jr., about the incident, he was apologetic and promised to remove the rest of the . desserts from the serving line. However, Matikosh and friends at her table watched the cakes on the food service line for an additional half-hour and stated that they were not removed or replaced by any food service personnel but only by hungry students. Moira Ragen also witnessed the incident and was disillusioned at the fact that '*Tom Spanos did nothing to amend the situation except for a single apology." According to Spanos though, the desserts were pulled from the food service line and replaced with new desserts immediately after the complaint was made. He also noted that his food service employees take all precautionary sanitary measures in handling the food prepared on campus. Spanos stated, "Once in a while, these things happen." He does believe, though, that the bandage was "most likely from one of my "Once in a while, these things happen." -Tom Spanos, Jr. Director, Dining Services The statue was a gift of the A statue of St. Peter Canisius, created by sculptor Lawrence W. Griffis, III, was dedicated Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996, in the Canisius College quadrangle. A mass was held in Christ the King Chapel and was followed by the blessing and dedication of the statue in memory of the late Rev. James M. Demske, S.J., former president and chancellor of Canisius. St. Peter Canisius, an original member of the Society of Jesus, was an educator and author who participated in the founding of several European colleges. He was selected by German Jesuits as patron of Canisius, which they founded in downtown Buffalo in 1870. St. Peter Canisius was canonized and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pius XI on May 21, 1925. Canisius College classes of 1994 and 1995 and will stand in the quadrangle at the center of campus.GriffiB, who maintains studios in East Greenwich, RI and Buffalo, completed the clay sculpture and cast it in bonded bronze. He was raised in Buffalo and earned a master's degree from Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. He has worked as a designer and sculptor since 1976. He was a senior design director at Hasbro Toys before forming his own company, the Griffis Group, and is currently creating artwork for the new Crossroads Arena in Buffalo. "If these people are wearing gloves, how did a bandage get in the frosting?" -Michael Bowen '98 Witness to incident A second meeting including greater student representation was held on Dec. 8. According to The process through which the 1996 MLK Celebration was realized began on Nov. 28, said Rissmeyer. A group of students, faculty and staff who are active in the areas of peace, justice and diversity met in an advisory session to ponder the fate of a potential MLK Celebration. Rissmeyer stated, "The group not only decided without exception that it was important to hold an event, but that one of the past strengths was student involvement." Despite earlier concerns that budget cuts would eliminate Canisius' Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (MLK), a program of events is scheduled for today that represents a modified approach to this annual event. "Significantly reduced funds were available for programming this semester," stated Patricia A. Rissmeyer, dean of students, "but there was a strong feeling among students and faculty that something needed to be held." As such, an interfaith service will be held to honor King in Christ the King Chapel at 4:30 p.m., and Masten District councilman Byron Brown will speak about King's message of peace in the Grupp Fireside Lounge at 7 p.m. Also in memory of King, The Passage will be presented in the College's Student Center Auditorium at 12 noon on Monday, Feb. 5. Produced by Kelsey Productions of New York City, the play depicts a present-day teenager experiencing the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Rissmeyer stated that the Undergraduate Student Association (USA) is handling the cost of this production. Councilman Brown, who was elected to the Buffalo Common Council in November, was selected as the local speaker and will deliver a keynote address called "In the Footsteps of Dr. King." His speech will be followed by a performance from the Open Door No. 5 (Pentecostal) Children's Choir and a five to seven minute, Canisius-oriented video presentation on King's personal and national significance. A final meeting was held on Jan. 17, and the 1996 MLK Celebration took its final form. An interfaith service, which is sponsored by Pax Christi, will be held in Christ the King Chapel and followed by a buffet supper in the dining hall. Rissmeyer, student suggestions were combined with the limitations of a $1000 budget to create three catergories that were taken into consideration for the event: (1) a local speaker; (2) an interfaith/ecumenical celebration; and (3) a theater performance. Bowling's:-such: a violent spprixo;: (see page: IB) The next:evolu---: tionafy step? -1"! ■! • I -! -! *" -! * * •?) Photo court ray of MANY in It T Kit The man with the bronze arms FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996 VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 11 >ecial to News The Griiiin Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933 The fate-of:Par-- ents': Weekend: ;X; (see- page Student finds bandage in cake frosting by Chris Devine and Kevin M. Jones Griffin Asst. Sports Editor and Griffin News Editor employees, although none admitted to wearing the bandage. Michael "Bumpy" Bowen, another witness to the incident, questioned the sanitation procedures of the food service. "If these people are wearing gloves, how did a bandage get in the frosting?" Also expressing concern for the incident was witness Ann Baglio, who accompanied Makitosh into the kitchen to discuss the situation with Spanos. According to Baglio, she observed a kitchen e m - 1 p 1 o y e e carrying a dirty ladder while wearing food preparation gloves. She said, "I hope he was going to change gloves after moving the ladder." Are food service employees handling food with their bare hands in unsanitary conditions? "Handling ready to eat food with your bare hands is a health code violation," stated Peter Coppola, a representative from the Food Sanitation division of the Erie County Board of Health. Coppola also noted that an incident like this that is reported usually leads to a full inspection of the facility by the Erie County Board of Health. "How sanitary the food is was never a problem to me until now," stated sophomore Alex Livingston, another witness at Matikosh's table. "Now I really have my doubts as to how sanitary the food is." D r . Laurence W Franz, vice president for Business and Finance,t r e a - surer and director of the College's Food Committee, stated in a Thursday interview, "I'll follow up on this in an attempt to find the gap that would allow something like this to happen and ensure that this never happens again." Today's MLK celebration will assume a local flavor by Kevin M. Jones Griffin News Editor

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This picture provides a frontal view of the new St. Peter Canisius statue before it was placed in the Canisius College Quad during a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 11. Dining hall incident raises concerns about food preparation An irregular event occured during dinner in the Peter Gust Economeu Dining Hall on Monday, Jan. 22. Sophomore Sue Matikosh discovered a worn bandage embedded in the frosting of her chocolate dessert. According to Matikosh and other witnesses, the bandage appeared to be prev i o u s 1 y - wrapped around someone's finger. Matikosh and nine " other onlookers were startled at the sight of the frosted bandage. "I was pretty disgusted," said Matikosh "I don't want that ever to happen to me again." When Matikosh approached dining services director Tom Spanos, Jr., about the incident, he was apologetic and promised to remove the rest of the . desserts from the serving line. However, Matikosh and friends at her table watched the cakes on the food service line for an additional half-hour and stated that they were not removed or replaced by any food service personnel but only by hungry students. Moira Ragen also witnessed the incident and was disillusioned at the fact that '*Tom Spanos did nothing to amend the situation except for a single apology." According to Spanos though, the desserts were pulled from the food service line and replaced with new desserts immediately after the complaint was made. He also noted that his food service employees take all precautionary sanitary measures in handling the food prepared on campus. Spanos stated, "Once in a while, these things happen." He does believe, though, that the bandage was "most likely from one of my "Once in a while, these things happen." -Tom Spanos, Jr. Director, Dining Services The statue was a gift of the A statue of St. Peter Canisius, created by sculptor Lawrence W. Griffis, III, was dedicated Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996, in the Canisius College quadrangle. A mass was held in Christ the King Chapel and was followed by the blessing and dedication of the statue in memory of the late Rev. James M. Demske, S.J., former president and chancellor of Canisius. St. Peter Canisius, an original member of the Society of Jesus, was an educator and author who participated in the founding of several European colleges. He was selected by German Jesuits as patron of Canisius, which they founded in downtown Buffalo in 1870. St. Peter Canisius was canonized and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pius XI on May 21, 1925. Canisius College classes of 1994 and 1995 and will stand in the quadrangle at the center of campus.GriffiB, who maintains studios in East Greenwich, RI and Buffalo, completed the clay sculpture and cast it in bonded bronze. He was raised in Buffalo and earned a master's degree from Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. He has worked as a designer and sculptor since 1976. He was a senior design director at Hasbro Toys before forming his own company, the Griffis Group, and is currently creating artwork for the new Crossroads Arena in Buffalo. "If these people are wearing gloves, how did a bandage get in the frosting?" -Michael Bowen '98 Witness to incident A second meeting including greater student representation was held on Dec. 8. According to The process through which the 1996 MLK Celebration was realized began on Nov. 28, said Rissmeyer. A group of students, faculty and staff who are active in the areas of peace, justice and diversity met in an advisory session to ponder the fate of a potential MLK Celebration. Rissmeyer stated, "The group not only decided without exception that it was important to hold an event, but that one of the past strengths was student involvement." Despite earlier concerns that budget cuts would eliminate Canisius' Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (MLK), a program of events is scheduled for today that represents a modified approach to this annual event. "Significantly reduced funds were available for programming this semester," stated Patricia A. Rissmeyer, dean of students, "but there was a strong feeling among students and faculty that something needed to be held." As such, an interfaith service will be held to honor King in Christ the King Chapel at 4:30 p.m., and Masten District councilman Byron Brown will speak about King's message of peace in the Grupp Fireside Lounge at 7 p.m. Also in memory of King, The Passage will be presented in the College's Student Center Auditorium at 12 noon on Monday, Feb. 5. Produced by Kelsey Productions of New York City, the play depicts a present-day teenager experiencing the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Rissmeyer stated that the Undergraduate Student Association (USA) is handling the cost of this production. Councilman Brown, who was elected to the Buffalo Common Council in November, was selected as the local speaker and will deliver a keynote address called "In the Footsteps of Dr. King." His speech will be followed by a performance from the Open Door No. 5 (Pentecostal) Children's Choir and a five to seven minute, Canisius-oriented video presentation on King's personal and national significance. A final meeting was held on Jan. 17, and the 1996 MLK Celebration took its final form. An interfaith service, which is sponsored by Pax Christi, will be held in Christ the King Chapel and followed by a buffet supper in the dining hall. Rissmeyer, student suggestions were combined with the limitations of a $1000 budget to create three catergories that were taken into consideration for the event: (1) a local speaker; (2) an interfaith/ecumenical celebration; and (3) a theater performance. Bowling's:-such: a violent spprixo;: (see page: IB) The next:evolu---: tionafy step? -1"! ■! • I -! -! *" -! * * •?) Photo court ray of MANY in It T Kit The man with the bronze arms FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1996 VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 11 >ecial to News The Griiiin Serving the Canisius Community Since 1933 The fate-of:Par-- ents': Weekend: ;X; (see- page Student finds bandage in cake frosting by Chris Devine and Kevin M. Jones Griffin Asst. Sports Editor and Griffin News Editor employees, although none admitted to wearing the bandage. Michael "Bumpy" Bowen, another witness to the incident, questioned the sanitation procedures of the food service. "If these people are wearing gloves, how did a bandage get in the frosting?" Also expressing concern for the incident was witness Ann Baglio, who accompanied Makitosh into the kitchen to discuss the situation with Spanos. According to Baglio, she observed a kitchen e m - 1 p 1 o y e e carrying a dirty ladder while wearing food preparation gloves. She said, "I hope he was going to change gloves after moving the ladder." Are food service employees handling food with their bare hands in unsanitary conditions? "Handling ready to eat food with your bare hands is a health code violation," stated Peter Coppola, a representative from the Food Sanitation division of the Erie County Board of Health. Coppola also noted that an incident like this that is reported usually leads to a full inspection of the facility by the Erie County Board of Health. "How sanitary the food is was never a problem to me until now," stated sophomore Alex Livingston, another witness at Matikosh's table. "Now I really have my doubts as to how sanitary the food is." D r . Laurence W Franz, vice president for Business and Finance,t r e a - surer and director of the College's Food Committee, stated in a Thursday interview, "I'll follow up on this in an attempt to find the gap that would allow something like this to happen and ensure that this never happens again." Today's MLK celebration will assume a local flavor by Kevin M. Jones Griffin News Editor